How Many People ACTUALLY Hike 14ers?

  This summer, CFI has placed 5 TRAFx counters on trails of popular 14ers. These counters use infrared beams to count hikers, marking every time a warm body moves past. We constructed cairns to house the counters and protect them from weather, animals, and...

A Rock to Move, a Stair to Build, a Seed to Plant

Today I am writing from the comfort of a cozy little house in the town of Minturn, CO. Usually, I can be found in the Holy Cross Wilderness, which is a different kind of cozy from the house in Minturn.   This season, I find myself with a new organization and in a...

Designing a Sustainable Trail

It has been an amazing experience working alongside CFI and the U.S. Forest Service to assist with trail design, and I am fortunate to witness all of the hard work that goes into this process. Before starting with CFI, my knowledge of trail work was limited.  In a...

The Puzzle

When I was growing up, the excitement I felt when dumping out a 1,000-piece puzzle box was one so great that I maybe should not be openly admitting on this blog, but for the sake of metaphor, I will proceed anyway… Scouring the pieces as they were scattered...